World History

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  • 3760 BCE

    God Created the World

  • 3500 BCE

    Indus River Valley Civilization in India

  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian Civilization in Mesopotamia

  • 3300 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

  • 3000 BCE

    Minoan Civilization in Crete

  • 2830 BCE

    Death of Adam

  • 2705 BCE

    Noah is Born

  • 2105 BCE

    The Great Flood

  • 2100 BCE

    Yangtze River Valley Civilization in China

  • 1895 BCE

    Babylon Founded

  • 1813 BCE

    Abraham is Born

  • 1738 BCE

    Abraham Settled in Caanan

  • 1714 BCE

    Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

  • 1714 BCE

    Isaac is Born

  • 1653 BCE

    Jacob and Esau are Born

  • 1523 BCE

    Jacob and his Family move to Egypt

  • 1400 BCE

    Mycenaean Civilization in Greece

  • 907 BCE

    David is Born

  • 814 BCE

    Carthage in Africa is Founded

  • 808 BCE

    Greece Founded

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games in Greece

  • 753 BCE

    Rome Founded

  • 563 BCE

    Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha Born in India

  • 551 BCE

    Confucius Born in China

  • 539 BCE

    Persians Capture Babylon

  • 538 BCE

    Persians Free the Israelites

  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic Founded

  • 480 BCE

    Persians Invade Greece

  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War in Greece

  • 427 BCE

    Birth of Plato

  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great Conquers

  • 264 BCE

    The First Punic War

  • 146 BCE

    Rome Conquers Greece

  • 30 BCE

    The Mediterranean Falls to Rome

  • 27 BCE

    Roman Republic turns to the Roman Empire

  • 1 CE

    Jesus is Born

  • 43

    Rome Conquers Britain

  • 330

    Constantine Divides the Empire in Two Halves

  • 380

    Christianity Becomes the Official Religion of the Roman Empire

  • 476

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 509

    Clovis I Unites the Frankish Tribes to Create France

  • 622

    Islam Founded by Mohammed

  • 762

    Baghdad Founded by Muslims

  • 800

    Charlemagne is Crowned King of the Holy Roman Empire

  • 808

    China Discovers Gunpowder

  • 843

    The Holy Roman Empire is Divided and Becomes France and Germany

  • 879

    Slavic Tribes Unite to Found Russia

  • 927

    England Established in Britain

  • 962

    Germany Founded

  • 1037

    Seljuk Empire is Founded by Turkish Muslims and War with Europeans

  • 1054

    The Great Schism Between Western Catholics and Eastern Orthodox

  • 1066

    William the Conqueror Conquers England

  • 1071

    Turks Take Anatolia (Eastern Turkey) from Europeans

  • 1096

    Oxford University is Founded

  • 1096

    The Crusades Begin

  • 1196

    Shoguns Rule Japan

  • 1206

    Genghis Khan Unites the Mongols

  • 1237

    Mongols Raid and Capture Russia and Western Europe

  • 1258

    Mongols Siege Baghdad

  • 1261

    Mongols Fade Out of Europe

  • 1271

    Yuan Dynasty Founded in China by Kublai Khan

  • 1282

    The Habsburgs Rise to Power in Austria

  • 1299

    Ottoman Empire is Founded by Osman I

  • 1337

    Hundred Years War Begins Between England and France

  • 1347

    The Black Death Starts Spreading

  • 1368

    Ming Dynasty is Founded After the Khans

  • 1403

    Ottoman Empire Expands Rapidly

  • 1440

    First Printing Press

  • 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci is Born

  • 1453

    End of the Hundred Years War

  • 1453

    Byzantine Empire Falls to the Ottomans

  • 1480

    Russia Breaks Free of Mongol Rule and Found a Monarchy

  • 1492

    Spain Blots out the Muslim Remnants in their Kingdom

  • 1492

    Cristopher Columbus Sails for India

  • 1511

    Spanish Conquest of the America's Begin

  • 1517

    Martin Luther Nails his 95 Theses to the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany

  • 1525

    Germany is called the "Duchy of Prussia"

  • 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus Says that Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun

  • 1543

    Birth of Isaac Newton

  • 1580

    Russian Conquest of Siberia

  • English Colonization Begins in America

  • Romanov Dynasty Rises to Power in Russia

  • Japan is Isolated from the rest of the World

  • Qing Dynasty is Founded in China

  • Enlightenment Begins in Europe

  • The Duchy of Prussia Becomes the Kingdom of Prussia

  • Union of England and Scotland

  • Russian Empire is Founded by Peter the Great

  • Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity

  • French and Indian War

  • Steam Power is Developed

  • America Declares Independence from England

  • Revolutionary War in America

  • The French Revolution

  • First Smallpox Vaccine

  • Coup of Brumaire in France

  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is Formed

  • The UK Declares War on France

  • Napoleon Sells Louisiana Territory to the United States.

  • Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor of the French

  • The Royal Navy Defeats the French Fleet and Spanish Armada in the Battle of Trafalgar

  • France Defeats Russia and Austria in the Battle of Austerlitz

  • Prussia, Russia, and the UK form a Coalition Against France

  • Period: to

    Increasing Losses of France

  • War of 1812

  • France Fails to Conquer Russia

  • Napoleon's First Banishment

  • Napoleon Returns from Banishment

  • Napoleon is Defeated Again and Finally Banished

  • First Camera Prototype Made by Joseph Nicephore

  • Spain Loses All American Colonies

  • Greek War of Independence from the Turks

  • Russia Expands it's Borders into Asia

  • First Photograph Taken by Joseph Nicephore

  • Invention of the Telegraph by Joseph Henry

  • Mexican-American War

  • The Communist Manifesto Published by Karl Marx

  • USA Force Japan to Open Borders

  • British Conquer All India

  • Start of American Civil War

  • President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclomation

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

  • Start of the Paraguayan War

  • Confederate Forces Surrender

  • Japanese Empire Established

  • Franco-Prussian War

  • British Annex More of the Middle East

  • First Light bulb made by Thomas Edison

  • Alliance Made Between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

  • British Conquer Egypt

  • Ethiopia only Independent Country Left in Africa

  • Machine Gun Invented by Hiram Maxim

  • First Modern Car made by Carl Benz

  • France Allies With Russia Due to Germany's Alliance With Austria and Italy

  • Japanese Empire Expands into Korea and China

  • Cinematograph Invented by Lumiere Brothers to Project Recordings

  • First Olympic Games Since AD 393

  • Japan Defeats China

  • Spain Loses Cuba to USA

  • Japan Defeats Russia

  • Albert Einstein Creates the Energy Equation

  • Russia, France, and the UK form the Triple Entente

  • Turks Lose All European Territory in the Balkan Wars

  • Henry Ford Starts the Mass Production of Cars

  • Battle of the Marne

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Starts The First World War

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

  • Battle of Verdun

  • The Russian Revolution

  • Armistice Ending the War

  • Treaty of Versailles

  • League of Nations Founded

  • Economic Boost in the US

  • Rise of Benito Mussolini in Italy

  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is Founded

  • Great Depression Begins

  • Stock Market Crash

  • Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of the German Republic

  • Japan Invades China

  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

  • Germany Invades Poland

  • Germany Invades Much of Europe

  • Germany Invades the USSR

  • Attack of Pearl Harbor

  • USA and Japan Join the War

  • Battle of Midway in the Pacific Front

  • Italy Surrenders to the Allies

  • D-Day

  • Battle of the Bulge

  • Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies and Harry Truman Takes His Place

  • Battle of Berlin

  • Japan Surrenders to the Allies

  • Germany Surrenders to the Allies

  • Sound Barrier Broken

  • The Truman Doctrine

  • Cold War Begins

  • Israel Becomes a Country Again

  • The People's Republic of China is Founded by Mao Zedong

  • The Korean War

  • The Space Race Begins

  • The Suez Crisis

  • First Troops Sent to Vietnam

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

  • First Successful Human Heart Transplant

  • The Moon Landing

  • Stonewall Riots

  • North Vietnam Took Over South Vietnam, Ending the War

  • Mount St. Helen's Eruption

  • Chernobyl Disaster

  • USA and USSR Agree to Lessen their Amount of Nuclear Weapons

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall, Ending the Cold War

  • The Gulf War

  • The World-Wide Web is Created

  • USSR is Dismembered, Russian Federation Founded

  • European Union Founded

  • World Trade Organization Founded

  • Congo Wars

  • Israeli Troops Withdraw from Lebanon after 22 Years

  • War on Terrorism Begins

  • The Twin Towers Destroyed by Terrorists

  • Osoma Bin-Laden, the Man Behind the 9/11 Attacks is Killed by Navy SEALS

  • Covid-19 Pandemic